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To make peace, effect reconciliation; to bring about peace where there was hostility or separation

Peacemakers, those who make peace; people who actively work to create peace and reconciliation

To receive, welcome, admit; to accept someone into one's presence or household

They are (third person plural); the plural form of 'to be,' indicating existence or state of multiple subjects

To invite in, call into; to summon someone to enter one's house or presence

To run in, rush into; to move quickly into a space by running

Each time, on each occasion; at every instance or whenever something occurs

One hundred years old; describing someone who has reached the age of one hundred years

Jettisoning, throwing cargo overboard; the act of discarding ship cargo into the sea to lighten the vessel

Grandchildren, descendants; offspring of one's children, the next generation down

To be spent, expended; to be used up or exhausted, particularly of resources or oneself

Evident, manifest, quite plain; completely clear and obvious to all observers

To persecute, drive out, chase away; to pursue with hostile intent or expel forcefully

Given over, delivered up, betrayed; handed over to another's power or authority

Expectation, eager waiting; the state of anticipating something, especially with intensity

Greatly amazed, astounded, utterly astonished; overwhelmed with wonder or fear beyond ordinary amazement

Exposed, abandoned; put out in the open, particularly of infants left to die

To be inflamed, burn with passion; to be set on fire with intense desire, particularly sexual passion

To swim out, swim away from; to escape by swimming, particularly from a ship to shore

To carry out, bear forth; to transport something outward, especially to carry out a corpse for burial

To hang upon, cling to; to be suspended from or attach oneself to something with intense focus

To tell forth, divulge, blurt out; to speak openly about something, sometimes implying indiscretion

To shine forth, beam out; to radiate light or glory, to be distinguished by brilliance

To forget utterly, forget completely; to lose all memory or awareness of something previously known

To slip away, withdraw quietly; to move away unobtrusively or evade notice

To become sober, sober up; to regain sobriety after intoxication, literally or metaphorically to come to one's senses

willing, voluntary; done by free choice rather than compulsion or necessity

to stretch out, extend; to spread forth (especially the hands)

to fulfill, complete; to bring to full realization or completion

completion, fulfillment; the act of bringing something to full realization

to engage in sexual immorality, commit fornication; to practice illicit sexual behavior

to spit out, reject with contempt; to expel from the mouth in disgust

to pervert, twist, turn aside; to corrupt or distort morally or doctrinally

to disturb, agitate, throw into confusion; to unsettle emotionally or socially

earnestness, zeal, fervor; intense devotion or eager persistence

more earnestly, with greater intensity; in a heightened manner of fervor or effort

earnest, fervent, intense; marked by sustained devotion and heartfelt commitment

untimely birth, miscarriage; one born prematurely or abnormally

to terrify, frighten, intimidate; to cause great fear or alarm

to depart, withdraw, leave; to go out from a place or situation

olive grove, olive orchard; specifically, the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem

Elamites; inhabitants of Elam, a region east of Mesopotamia (modern southwestern Iran)

to have less, lack; to receive or possess a smaller amount

lightness, levity; fickleness or lack of seriousness in judgment or commitment

least, smallest, most insignificant; comparative/superlative form denoting minimal degree or status

rebuke, reproof, conviction; the act of reproving or exposing wrongdoing

coming, arrival, advent; the act of coming or appearing

of ivory, made from ivory; describing material from elephant tusks

Eliezer; Hebrew name meaning 'God is my help,' an ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy

Elisha; Hebrew name meaning 'God is salvation,' the prophet who succeeded Elijah